# Jammu and Kashmir

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in J&K on Sunday that Kashmiri youth of today would not suffer the miseries that the previous generations in the valley had gone through.
• PM Modi was inaugurating development projects estimated at ₹20000 crore aimed at reducing “Dilli se doori”.
• PM Modi was speaking on national panchayati raj day in Samba district.
• Meanwhile, Palli village in Jammu’s Samba district has become the country’s first panchayat to become carbon neutral, fully powered by solar energy.

# Consumer spending survey

• The all India Household consumer expenditure survey, usually conducted by the National statistical office (NSO) every five years, is set to resume this year after a prolonged break.
• India has not had any official estimates on per capita household spending, used to arrive at estimates of Poverty levels in different parts of the country and to review economic indicators such as the Gross Domestic product (GDP), since 2011-12.
• The government had junked the findings of the last survey, conducted in 2017-18, citing data quality issues.

# PM Modi

• Paying tribute to the late Lata Mangeshkar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said she was India’s cultural ambassador who left an indelible imprint in the world of Music over her nearly eight decade long career.
• PM Modi also received the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award, instituted in the memory of the legendary singer who passed away in February this year, aged 92.

# China

• India has suspended tourist visas issued to Chinese nationals, the global airlines body IATA told its members carriers on April 20.
• India has been raising with China the plight of over 22000 of its students enrolled in Chinese universities who are unable to go back for physical classes.